LILY’S DAY

[ CINEMATIC VR EXPERIENCE ]

DIRECTOR, EDITOR

Lily is constantly caught in the crossfire of her parents arguing during a financial rough patch. On a particularly tough day, her new princess doll fuels her imagination to escape from the reality of the situation. Lily’s Day puts you behind the eyes of our 9 year old protagonist, through cutting edge POV 360 capture. 

Cast: Kiera Laidman, Chris O’Bray, Nancy Kenny
Produced by: Sina Dolati, Victor Vo, Emmanuel Teji, Karl Janisse 
Written by: Solla Park & Nicola Lanthier-Rogers
Cinematography by: Daniel Everitt-Lock
Production Design by: Ashley Boyle, Lily Johnson, Jack Tigert

Screenings // Press:

• Nashville Film Festival: Sept 2021 (Nashville, US) [Oscar Qualifying] [Canadian Screen Award Qualifying]
    - Variety feature
• deadCenter Film Festival: Jun 2021 (Oklahoma, US) [Oscar Qualifying]
• Athens Digital Arts Festival: Oct 2021 (Athens, Greece)
• HYPER Interactive Tech + Art Conference: November: Nov 2022 (Winnipeg, Canada)
• River Film Festival: Jun 2021 (Padua, Italy)
• Avanca Film Festival: Jul 2021 (Avanca, Portugal)

In 360 filmmaking, I like to minimize cuts and allow for the viewer's head or device movement to create flow in the sequence. This means long drawn out sequences that are choreographed around the camera in spatial space. To plan this out, I designed my own system of storyboarding in 360/VR video space, indicating character movement, production design elements, scale and height of signification objects and characters with respect to the viewer POV. Examples below: